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i .Dredger for Salt Cellars.

No. 242,164. Patented May 31, I881.

Attorneys N, PETERS. MFIIMIW. WW D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARSON D. STEWART, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOSEPH DUFFNEE AND MATHEW DUFFNER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

DREDGER FOR SALT-CELLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,164, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed April 4, 1881. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARSON D. STEWART, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dredgers for Salt-Cellars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

1 o Myinven tion relates to certain improvements in dredgers, and has for its object special reference to that class of devices which may be used in connection with glass or metallic receptacles provided with a perforated top or cap,

I5 through which the salt is shaken.

My invention is designed to be made of glass or porcelain, which makes a much neater and cleaner surface than those made of lead or pewter in common use, its peculiar shape and construction being adapted to these materials, the

form of those which are made of lead or pewter now in use being too slight and not properly balanced to admit of making them of glass or like material.

.25 It has been my object to combine strength with efficiency, lightness, and ornamental appearance, and my invention is at once strong and will accomplishits intended purposes much better than other forms with which I am ac- 0 quainted, the points at'the ends breaking any lumps in the bottom or top of the receptacle, and the side lugs acting as sifters for the finer salt.

Another advantage which I claim as my invention is, that the glass or porcelain can be made in any color or combination of colors, thus being highly ornamental and forming an attractive substitute for those now in use, adding greatly to the appearance of the receptacle in which it is placed, and the smooth sur- 4o face of this material preventing the salt adhering to it.

In the drawings, in Figure l is shown a tertical perspective, and in Fig. 2 a top, view of my invention, in which- A is the body of the device, having upon its sides the pointed lugs B B, arranged at alternate points from top to bottom. At the two ends 0 I) are similar projections, which are for the purpose of breaking any lumps that may 0 accumulate in the dredger box or bottle.

The operation is as follows: When the device is placed in a bottle of the usual form for salt-dredgers, it is shaken to agitate the salt, bringing it in contact with the lugs and breaking any lumps that it may contain, the sifted material passing out, as desired, at the perforated top, when the bottle is inverted. This shape of dredger is even preferable to the com mon form when made of lead or like material, although I prefer to make them of glass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A salt-dredger made ofglass or other equivalent material, formed into a body, A, provided upon its sides and ends with the pointed lugs or projections 13 O D, constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of October, 1880.

CARSON D. STEWART.

Witnesses:

Gno. G. TRAG Y, JAMES A. PAYNE. 

